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Today, Canada is a country known for its mosaic of cultures, as well as its promise to provide protection to all cultural groups regardless of origin and equal opportunity for all. Unfortunately, these multicultural ideals did not always exist within Canadian soc ....

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.... for the insecurities and tensions brought forth by the changing times of the turn of the century. In mid-nineteenth century Canada, the Jewish population consisted of approximately one thousand people most of whom were the direct descendants of either French or English colonists. It was an era of tranquility for Canadian Jews as the standard of living was high and the Jews of early Canada were treated well. These early Jewish settlers were considered ‘almost equal’ to their Anglo-Saxon or Catholic counterparts with few restrictions being placed on them and since they were of such a small proportion of Canada’s population they were ab ....